A free-wheeling tour of the American West in all it quirky glory, with all its iconic scenery and many unknown tales in between. The author goes from America’s oldest continuously inhabited community – the Acoma Pueblo in New Mexico – to the high kitsch of Lake Havasu City, Arizona. A unique blend of travel writing, historical reflection and passionate polemic.

–“A Western breeziness and love of open spaces shines through Lasso the Wind…The writing is simple and evocative.” The Economist

–“Fine reportage…honed and polished until it reads more like literature than journalism.” Los Angeles Times

–“Sprawling in scope, Mr. Egan uses the past powerfully to explain and give dimension to the present.” The New York Times

–“Egan again demonstrates his considerable skills…This is an immensely entertaining and informative tour…He has a dazzling ability to capture a place or a person in telling words and details.” The Seattle Post-Intelligencer